Thomas Stewart

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Chapters:

00:00 Intro & Guest Welcome

00:36 Childhood & Creativity

03:17 Childhood Video Games

05:13 Discovering Game Development

07:56 Quarter Life Crisis

09:32 Current Game Dev Dream

12:36 Living the Dream?

14:58 Breaking Into Industry

17:14 Console Porting Strategy

20:24 Why Consoles?

24:50 Bridges and Docks

27:03 Console vs Steam Sales

28:50 Console Advice

31:32 Just Keep Fishing Team

33:51 Working With Friends

36:08 Building Dev Network

40:14 What Makes JKF Special

44:00 Jank as a Feature

47:21 Game Ideation Process

50:52 When to Pivot Projects

55:13 Expectations for JKF

57:39 Is YouTube Worth It?

1:02:24 YouTube's Real Value

1:03:34 Being a Game Dev Dad

1:05:38 How Fatherhood Changed Him

1:07:49 Kids & Video Games

1:10:15 Bad Game Dev Advice

1:13:04 Key Lesson: Playtesting